Ascent in Malayalam
Climbing a slope gives you കയറ്റം (kayattam), the everyday Malayalam noun for an ascent, a rise, and by extension a promotion or a price increase. Pronounce it ka-yat-tam. For formal or ritual ascent, the Sanskritic nouns take over.
Most common translation
Rise, ascent, increase, promotion.
ഈ വഴിയില് വലിയ കയറ്റം ഉണ്ട്.
ee vazhiyil valiya kayattam undu.
There is a steep climb on this road.
All Malayalam words for “ascent”
- കയറ്റം (kayattam) — Rise, ascent, increase, promotion.
- ആരോഹം (aaroham) — Ascent, rise, elevation, buttock of a beautiful woman.
- ആരോഹണം (aarohanam) — Ascent, horse-riding, rung of a ladder, shoot of a plant.
- അധിരോഹണം (adhirohanam) — Act of ascending, ascent, ascension.
- ചുരം (churam) — Difficult ghat road, steep ascent, narrow mountain pass.
കയറ്റം is an ordinary climb or rise, ആരോഹണം (aarohanam) is formal ascent and also horse-riding, and ചുരം (churam) is a steep ghat road or mountain pass.
Common questions
How do you say ascent in Malayalam?
കയറ്റം (kayattam).
Which word is used for a formal ascent or ascension?
ആരോഹണം (aarohanam), or അധിരോഹണം (adhirohanam) for the act of ascending.